Back to School Scavenger Hunt

Wow, can you believe how fast the summer is going? I've been updating my back-to-school stuff since we start school in a little less than a month. That time is going to go QUICK!

The day before school starts we have an open house where the kiddos come and meet their teacher. I like to have a little scavenger hunt for them to do when they come to help them get a little familiar with the room. And of course there are times when you have 3 kids coming in while you are currently talking with another parent...so this way they have something to do while you finish up your conversation. 

Click the picture below to download!

Classroom Coupons Freebie

I've got another freebie for you! I made these classroom coupons last year and my kids LOVED them! Especially the show and tell, stuffed animal, and shoes coupons. Those 3 were definitely the most popular ones. Click on the picture below to grab them!

Free Editable Labels!

Hey friends! I watched THIS tutorial so I could learn how to make editable powerpoint documents but still use my clip art that I've purchased.

I tried it out and made some labels. They are FREE right now in my TPT store so make sure you go HERE grab them! I hope they are useful! Here's a little peek at what you'll find.

Hope you enjoy! 

Freebies!

Hurray! My computer is back!!! To celebrate, I have 2 freebies for you!

The first is a little sign I made for parent/teacher conferences. I framed it and put a bowl full of packages of popcorn next to it (see below).

Click the image below to grab it! 

The next freebie I have for ya is a cut and paste activity to practice the ee/ea sound. My kids LOVED this!! They get to make cute little ee/ea candy jars :) You can grab it at my TPT store by clicking the image below! 

Patterns

Here are a few fun ideas we did during our patterns unit.


We began by making patterns with manipulatives. I always start off with this activity so I can get a good idea of what they already know.

You can snag a copy of the pattern path sheets HERE.

These pattern cards can be found at Mrs. Meacham's site HERE.

Blender Blends Freebie

Last year, I came across this on Pinterest...

...and I had to make one! So cute! I free handed a drawing of a blender then went to Tales of a Teacherista HERE for a free template for the blend circles to go on the blender. She also has a blender book search freebie, which I also did with my kids :)

I have a little freebie for you that goes along with the blender blends! I put up words around the room and they had to find the words and write them on the appropriate blender. They love write-the-room activities! They are fun!

Have a happy Saturday!

Free Planning Sheet

I'll be honest...keeping up with my blog during the school year has turned out to be more difficult than I thought! I've had so many things going on (with work and also outside of work) that my blog has been pushed to the back burner these last few weeks:(

Mr. Abeyta and I went to California for a week where his bagpipe band competed in a bagpipe competition (they got 1st place!...and of course we had to go to Disneyland while we were there! :) While I was sitting at the airport, I cutesied up one of my planning sheets and thought I'd share! Click on the picture to download.

SELF-START
Every morning when my students come in, they do a 'fix-up' sentence for their self-start. I have a sentence written with 3 mistakes in it. My students find the mistakes and circle them, write the sentence correctly, then draw a picture to match the sentence.

SIGHT WORDS
We learn 4 sight words each week. By the end of the week, my students are expected to be able to spell them and read them.

• On Monday, I introduce the sight words and we write a sentence with each sight word.

• On Tuesday, we spell the sight words using magnetic letters. 

• On Wednesday, we sing a sight word song. (You can find two fun songs HERE and HERE)

• On Thursday, my students get to pick out a movement card and follow the directions on the card for how to spell the word. (I found my set somewhere online...I can't remember where though! I've seen a few different sets floating around Pinterest)
• On Friday, I pull out a stack of sight word flashcards. I tell them which sight word to look for and tell them to put the 'stop' hand signal when we get to that word.  As we go through the stack, they read the words out loud. This way, they are not only watching for our weekly sight word, but they are reviewing previous sight words as well.

 TIME FILLERS
Our darling firsties have so much to learn....every minute counts in first grade! Last year I started planning out time filler activities for the week so that when we had a few minutes here or a few minutes there, I wouldn't be wasting those few, precious minutes.

A lot of my time fillers come from these sing-along flip charts (I purchased both from Scholastic)

 The rest of my time fillers are just random songs/poems/activities I got from co-workers or found online.

And....here's a picture of Mr. Abeyta and I at Disneyland! Love that place...If I could go there every day, I would!

30 followers and a freebie!

Happy weekend! I hope you all are enjoying it as much as I am!

In honor of getting my 30th follower, I have a freebie to share with you! This is a fun song to review the short vowel sounds. I made some cue cards to hold up while we sing it. Click on any of the pictures below to download!

Apple Themed Number Practice (freebie!)

Just uploaded my first product to TPT! This is a great activity to use at the beginning of the year or during Johnny Appleseed week. It works like a 100s chart...only this goes up to 50. Have your students write 1 number in each apple until they get to 50. Click the picture below to take you to my TPT store!